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CITY OF COACHELLA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 5TH.
TODAY WE'LL START THE MEETING AT 506. PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE MADE THROUGH WRITING IN PERSON, EMAIL OR TELEPHONICALLY AND ALSO BE WATCHED ON LIVE STREAM AT. COACHELLA. I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING AT 506. KENDRA, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, KENDRA. AND CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? COUNCILMEMBER REARDON HERE. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO
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HERE. AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? ALL MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL[Presentations]
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AND THERE AREN'T ANY MINUTES TO APPROVE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM THE COACHELLA RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND YES, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS MARIE LEWIS ADAMS. SHE IS WITH HDR, INC. AND WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. MARIE, FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE THE REST OF YOUR TEAM IF YOU'D LIKE.SURE THING. I THINK I'M SHARING MY SCREEN NOW, BUT NOW ONE OF MY SCREENS WENT AWAY, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I CAN. YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION. YES. COMING UP THERE. OKAY, GREAT. SO WITH ME TONIGHT I HAVE JOEL COLSTON WHO IS OUR DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER, ALSO WITH HDR. WE'VE GOT ANDREW CHRISTMANN AND RUSS CUNNINGHAM FROM SERGEANT TOWN PLANNING WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR LAND USE PLANNING EFFORTS. AND WE HAVE DAVID BERGMAN AND JADEN FRIEDBERG FROM LISA WISE CONSULTING, WHO ARE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY EXPERTS. SO WE KIND OF HAVE A THREE PART PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SHALL I GET STARTED? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT LET ME SEE HERE. THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME MICHELLE AT THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT. BUT WE ARE STARTING TO DRAW TOWARDS A CONCLUSION. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING RECENTLY, WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THIS AND SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG. I'LL BE COVERING, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW, JUST FOR CONTEXT, TALKING ABOUT THE STATION DESIGN, THEN PIVOTING OVER TO THE THE LAND USE SIDE, WE'VE COMPLETED A FULL STATION AREA PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AS WELL AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ALSO FOR COACHELLA'S DOWNTOWN. SO THIS PROJECT, THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO SELECT STATION LOCATION FOR THE FUTURE COACHELLA VALLEY RAIL LINE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO CONNECT LOS ANGELES WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WITH SEVERAL STATIONS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY ENDING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SO WE WERE TASKED WITH WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO SELECT THE AN OPTIMAL PROPOSED PREFERRED STATION LOCATION AND DEVELOP ENGINEERING PLANS AND DESIGNS FOR THAT STATION ITSELF, AS WELL AS FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO THIS STUDY REALLY BRINGS TOGETHER RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, ARCHITECTURE, LAND USE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALL TOGETHER. SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO FEED INTO THE BROADER COACHELLA RAIL COACHELLA VALLEY RAIL PROCESS. OUR CTC IS GOING TO BE KICKING OFF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN PROCESSES FOR THE BROADER CV RAIL EFFORT, STARTING PROBABLY AS SOON AS MARCH. SO IT'S GOOD TIMING FOR THIS STUDY TO BE WRAPPING UP AND TO FEED INTO THAT PROCESS. THAT STUDY WILL FORMALLY SELECT THE STATION LOCATIONS, BUT THIS STUDY WILL BECOME A STRONG INPUT INTO THAT. AND ALL THE ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS THAT
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WE'VE DRAWN WILL FEED INTO THAT PROCESS. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS EFFORT. I BELIEVE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN AT OUR MEETINGS, WHICH HAVE BEEN REALLY LIVELY.AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS IT'S ACTUALLY GOTTEN WE'VE GOTTEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR EVENTS AS WE'VE GONE ON OUR LAST SET OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR LARGEST CROWD YET, AND WE'VE BEEN OUT TO SEVERAL POP UP EVENTS TOO, INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY AT FIESTA AZUL. AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, WE'LL BE AT THE DRD HEALTH RESOURCE FAIR. THAT WILL BE OUR FINAL POP UP EVENT. SO WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND JUST A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO KEEP WORKING ON THAT AND BUILDING ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD. OKAY, SO STATION LAYOUT AND DESIGN. SO THESE ARE THE THE LATEST CONCEPTS. WE SHARED SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGN CONCEPTS WITH THE COMMUNITY BACK IN BACK IN OCTOBER. WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND WE'VE UPDATED OUR DESIGNS IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. SO AS A REMINDER THE PROPOSED STATION SITE IS IN THE DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN PUEBLO VIEJO AREA BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY FOURTH AND SIXTH STREET, NEAR THE PROPOSED THE FUTURE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LAYOVER FACILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. COACHELLA IS THE END OF THE LINE. WE'VE ALSO SELECTED WHAT YOU KNOW BASED ON OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF OF THE LAYOUTS AND THE THE LAND USES AND THE THE RAIL NEEDS. WE'VE SELECTED A PROPOSED LOCATION FOR RAIL LAYOVER FACILITY AS WELL, SOUTH OF AVENUE 52, WHERE WE THINK IT WOULD HAVE THE FEWEST IMPACTS AND THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE USES. SO THIS IS AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF THE STATION LAYOUT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE STATION IS IN THE PLATFORMS ARE KIND OF CENTERED THERE ON FOURTH STREET WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY SERVE TO GET PEOPLE TO THE PLATFORMS, BUT CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT THE TWO SIDES OF THE CITY ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE FUTURE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER. SO IT'S SORT OF SERVING THAT DUAL PURPOSE. WE HAVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE STATION PARKING ON SIXTH STREET. SO RIGHT THERE ON KIND OF THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, PEOPLE CAN ENTER INTO THE STATION AREA. WE HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BUS DROP OFF, INTEGRATION WITH BIKE NETWORK.
SO DIFFERENT ACCESS ELEMENTS HERE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE STATION ITSELF, WE HAVE A PROPOSED STATION BUILDING A SHELTER. WE HAVE RAMPS, ELEVATOR, PEDESTRIAN OVERCROSSING WHICH WOULD CONNECT OVER TO THE CRC. SO THIS IS AN UPDATED STATION DESIGN. IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR EARLIER, IF YOU SAW OUR EARLIER DESIGNS, THE STRUCTURE WAS A LITTLE IT WAS LESS COLORFUL, IT WAS MORE WHITE. AND THE THE TILES ON THE BOTTOM, THE PAVING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STATION WAS WASN'T AS COLORFUL. SO WE ADDED A GOOD AMOUNT OF OF COLOR HERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WAS MORE PUBLIC ART. SO WE WERE SUGGESTING INCORPORATING MORE MURALS ON THE TOP OF OF THE RAMPS. SO A GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE LOCAL ART, A LITTLE MORE VIBRANCY THERE AND ALSO PROVIDE SHADE AT THE SAME TIME. SO INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF LOOKING THROUGH A BUNCH OF PICTURES, I'M JUST GOING TO PLAY A A WALK THROUGH OF THE UPDATED STATION DESIGN. SO THIS IS CROSSING FROM FOURTH STREET. THE THE STATION SHELTER WOULD BE OPEN AND HAVE DECORATIVE FENCING. WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF THICK WALLS THAT PEOPLE CAN HIDE BEHIND, OR MAY BECOME TARGETS FOR THINGS LIKE VANDALISM. SO KEEPING IT OPEN BUT SHADY AND USING PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS TO PROVIDE ENERGY CAPTURE. AND THEN WE HAVE A RAMP. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECENTLY ADDED WAS SHADE SHADED STRUCTURES OVER THE RAMPS, SO THAT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WALKING UP THE RAMP. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM FOLKS AT THE COMMUNITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE CLIMATE PROTECTION. IT DOESN'T SHADE IT 100% DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SUN IS,
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BUT IT DOES PROVIDE EXTRA PROTECTION. AND WE AGREE THAT THAT'S NEEDED IN THE CLIMATE.SO AND THESE ARE THOSE DECORATIVE CIRCULAR RAMPS WHICH ARE VERY NOTICEABLE ICONIC. AND WE DO NEED TO GO UP QUITE A WAYS TO GET THOSE TRAIN CLEARANCES. SO HERE WE HAVE THE THE MURALS COMING INTO COMING INTO VIEW. YOU KNOW. AND THE AMOUNT OF MURALS CAN BE TAILORED DEPENDING ON NEEDS AND HOW THAT GOES. OR THEY CAN BE PHASED IN OVER TIME. SO THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE PANELS WHICH CAN BE PLACED UP AND REMOVED. AND WE HAVE ELEVATORS FOR EACH OF THE PLATFORMS. SO FOLKS REALLY HAVE A CHOICE. THEY CAN USE THE STAIRS, THE ELEVATORS OR THE RAMPS. SO LOOK OVER WITH THE TRAIN THERE. COME DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE THE ELEVATOR DOWN. OPEN ELEVATORS ARE ANOTHER GOOD WAY TO DISCOURAGE ANY KIND OF UNSAVORY ACTIVITIES AS WELL. AND THEN WE EXIT WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER. OOPS, SORRY. BEFORE I GO ON. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE SITE OR THE STATION DESIGN? NO. NO QUESTIONS. THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU. GREAT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RUSS AND ANDREW TO DISCUSS THE STATION AREA PLAN, WHICH IS THE LAND USE PLAN TO HELP CAPITALIZE ON THE THE INTRODUCTION OF RAIL SERVICE AND RETHINK THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THANK YOU MARIE. WELL, I ADVANCE THE SLIDES MYSELF. DO I HAVE THAT CAPACITY? SORRY. YEAH, I'M JUST SHARING. SO WE'LL WE'LL JUST TAG TEAM. I'LL DO MY BEST. OKAY. GREAT. I'LL LET YOU KNOW. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE'RE GOING TO BROADEN THE LENS TO TAKE IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE STATION AREA ENCOMPASSING PUEBLO VIEJO AND THE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION AREA. THESE CORNERS OF COACHELLA ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL IN SIZE AND SHAPE, BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE STRATEGIES REQUIRED TO BRING ABOUT UNINTENDED OUTCOMES, AS DEPICTED IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND THE PUEBLO VIEJO REVITALIZATION PLAN. MY COLLEAGUE ANDREW AND I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE STRUCTURE AND THE CONTENT OF THE STATION AREA PLAN WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF YOU WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN APPOINTING THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PLAN AND GATHERING THE SUPPORT AND THE, EXCUSE ME, THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT IT. THE STATIONARY PLAN HAS FOUR CHAPTERS, ALONG WITH APPENDICES THAT ADDRESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER ONE ANNOUNCES THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. IT PROVIDES CONTEXT, ESTABLISHES THE VISION FOR THE STATION AREA WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN AND OUTLINED GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GOALS THAT TOGETHER CHART A PATH TOWARD FULFILLMENT OF THAT VISION. NEXT, CHAPTER TWO ILLUSTRATES THE VISION WITH DIAGRAMS AND RENDERINGS THAT SHOW HOW DESIRED OUTCOMES CAN BE REALIZED THROUGH THE CONSCIENTIOUS COORDINATION OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS. ANDREW WILL TAKE YOU ON A VISUAL TOUR OF PUEBLO VIEJO IN THE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION AREA AS THEY ARE ENVISIONED TO LOOK, FEEL AND FUNCTION IN THE FUTURE. CHAPTER THREE PRESENTS A TOOLKIT OF LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES THAT PROVIDE A COMPLEMENTARY MIX OF LAND USES AND AN ACTIVATED PUBLIC REALM WITHIN THE STATION AREA. ANDREW IS THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT OF THAT TOOLKIT, AND HE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT. THE FOURTH CHAPTER DISCUSSES THE PHASING OF PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTLINES A SERIES OF POLICIES AND ACTIONS ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES. AND WE'LL POINT OUT THOSE KEY ISSUES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON. THIS CHAPTER ALSO SPEAKS TO THE FACTORS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE TIMING AND THE ULTIMATE SUCCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO CHAPTER ONE SPEAKS TO WHY WE'VE PURSUED THIS PLANNING EFFORT, WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH IT, AND
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HOW WE'VE APPROACHED IT. ESSENTIALLY, THE PLAN SEEKS TO PREPARE THE STATION AREA FOR THE RETURN OF PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE AND LEVERAGE THE PROSPECT OF PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE TO FURTHER BOTH THE REVITALIZATION OF PUEBLO VIEJO AND THE REPURPOSING OF THE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION AREA. THE PLAN BUILDS UPON AND REFINES THE VISION EXPRESSED IN BOTH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND THE REVITALIZATION PLAN, AND MOVES THIS VISION CLOSER TO IMPLEMENTATION. THE PLAN ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE TANGIBLE PROGRESS THE CITY HAS MADE IN RECENT YEARS IN REVITALIZING PUEBLO VIEJO AND POSITIONING THE AREA AS A CIVIC, AS THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL HEART OF COACHELLA. IMPROVEMENTS TO GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD AND SIXTH STREET, THE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER COMPLEX, THE UPGRADING OF VIETNAM VETERANS PARK, THE RENOVATION OF PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY, THE SUNLINE BUS HUB AT FOURTH STREET, AND CESAR CHAVEZ, NEW HOUSING PROJECTS, NEW COUNTY FACILITIES. ALL OF THESE MARKERS OF PROGRESS HAVE INFORMED THE STATION AREA PLAN AND HELPED US DETERMINE WHAT IS BOTH POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY AS WE AS WE GO FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE VISION FOR THE STATION AREA IS SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE ROOTED IN THE PRACTICE OF PLACEMAKING. AND BY THAT WE MEAN PLANNING AND DESIGN AND PROGRAMING STRATEGIES THAT CREATE PLACES WE WANT TO INHABIT, PLACES WE FEEL AN ATTACHMENT TO, THAT SUMMON UP POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AND THAT SPUR OUR INTEREST AND CURIOSITY. YOU MIGHT THINK OF SOME OF THE SPACES THAT EVOKE THOSE KINDS OF FEELINGS AND MEMORIES FOR YOU. TYPICALLY, THESE ARE SPACES THAT ARE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE, THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, THAT ARE CONNECTED, THAT ARE ENGAGING, SUSTAINABLE AND DISTINCT. THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AND THAT WE OUTLINE WITH DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CONSTITUTES A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SPACE, AN INCLUSIVE SPACE, A CONNECTED SPACE, ETC. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO CHAPTER ONE FINALLY ESTABLISHES A SERIES OF GOALS THAT DESCRIBE FUTURE DESIRED CONDITIONS WITHIN THE STATION AREA. SO THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS PLANNING EFFORT HAVE SAID THEY WANT A VIBRANT, MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT THAT EXPANDS EAST OF THE RAILROAD, THAT INCLUDES SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS AND CIVIC FACILITIES, ALONG WITH HOUSING THAT PROVIDES A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE AND ATTRACTIVE PUBLIC REALM THAT CELEBRATES COACHELLA'S HISTORY AND CULTURE, PROVIDES FOR EFFECTIVE RAIL SERVICE BOTH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER, AND SERVES AS A MOBILITY HUB WHERE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR MOVING INTO AND THROUGH AND BEYOND THE STATION AREA. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANDREW TO SPEAK TO CHAPTERS TWO AND THREE. GOOD EVENING. AS RUSS SAID, CHAPTER TWO ILLUSTRATES THAT VISION THAT THAT HE DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER ONE, AND IT'S ORGANIZED INTO SPATIALLY AND TOPICALLY. SO STARTING WITH A VISION FOR PUEBLO VIEJO, FOLLOWED BY A VISION FOR THE STATION ITSELF, WHICH MARIE PRESENTED, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION AREA. AND LASTLY, A COUPLE TOPICAL THEMES THAT RELATE TO ALL MOBILITY AND ART AND CULTURE. YOU CAN HIT NEXT.AND SO STARTING ON THE PUEBLO VIEJO SIDE, WE PROVIDE A VISION THAT ENCAPSULATES A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT ALSO PROVIDES A VISION FOR AN EAST ANCHOR TO DOWNTOWN AT SIXTH AND AND CESAR CHAVEZ. YOU HAVE A NEW HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ANCHOR HERE, BRANCHING FROM SIXTH STREET TO THE POTENTIAL STATION SITE. THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR INFILL AND ACTIVATION. WE DESCRIBE TACTICAL ACTIVATION ALONG SIXTH STREET, BUILDING ON WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND IF AND WHEN NEW BUILDINGS COME INTO THESE BLOCKS THAT THEY ACTIVATE THE SIDEWALKS WITH, WITH RESTAURANTS AND OTHER ACTIVE USES AND ALSO PROVIDE SHADE AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE STATION, WHICH THE COMMUNITY CONTINUOUSLY EMPHASIZED NEXT.
AND THEN MOVING TO THE DOWNTOWN EXPANSION AREA, WE PROVIDE MORE SPECIFICITY TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE GENERAL PLANS VISION FOR THE AREA, BREAKING THE AREA INTO A MULTIMODAL, WALKABLE
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NETWORK. AND HERE WE SHOW A WIDE RANGE OF BUILDINGS LINING THOSE STREETS, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE THE WIDE RANGE OF USES DESCRIBED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. NEXT. HERE. THOSE ARE RANGING FROM COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT TO A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS. NEXT, IN CHAPTER THREE PROVIDES A TOOLKIT FOR ACCOMPLISHING THAT VISION. WE THINK OF IT AS SPANNING BETWEEN THE CODE AND THE HIGHER LEVEL VISION, AND IT'S ORGANIZED INTO LAND USE.THE PUBLIC REALM SITE PLAN DESIGN. SO HOW BUILDINGS SIT ON THOSE BLOCKS IN THE PUBLIC REALM NETWORK, AND THEN LASTLY, BUILDING DESIGN, HOW BUILDINGS CAN BE MASKED AND HAVE CHARACTER APPROPRIATE TO THE AREA. NEXT, I WANT TO START BY HIGHLIGHTING A PARTICULAR TOPIC OF INTEREST. SO THE EXPANSION OF THE NETWORK, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A WONDERFUL CONNECTED FRAMEWORK ON THE PUEBLO VIEJO SIDE, AND THE GENERAL PLAN DESCRIBES THAT THAT SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NETWORK ACCOMPLISHES A COUPLE THINGS. HERE. WE SEE WE'RE CIRCLING THE POTENTIAL, THE STATION AREA AND THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT THE CV LINK. NEXT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CV LINK IS CONNECTED IN TO THE STATION AND THE BRIDGE TO DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE CONTEXT. SO WE WANT CONNECTIONS FROM AVENUE 50 AND TYLER STREET ALSO TO MAKE THEIR WAY CLEAR THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE WE SHOW A POTENTIAL ALIGNMENT THAT ACCOMMODATES EXISTING BUILDINGS, BUT THERE'S FLEXIBILITY. IT'S MORE ABOUT MAKING SURE THE CONTEXT AND CV LINK ARE LINKED TO THE STATION NEXT, AND THE REMAINING NETWORK WILL FILL IN WITH WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO WHATEVER USE IS, YOU KNOW, WILL BE DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME FOR THEIR PROGRAM. BUT BUT IT NEEDS TO OPERATE ACCORDING TO A FEW PRINCIPLES, SUCH AS A MAX BLOCK PERIMETER TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONNECTED AND WALKABLE. NEXT. AND THEN THE NETWORK IS COMPLETED WITH OPEN SPACE. NEXT. NOW MOVING TO LAND USE. THIS AREA DOTTED IN BLUE IS THE URBAN EMPLOYMENT DESIGNATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN. AND SO WE PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICITY TO THAT NEXT. AND OUTSIDE THAT AREA, WE REFER TO THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS WHICH ARE ALREADY ADEQUATELY TAILORED INTO THE PUEBLO VIEJO NEXT. SO WE'VE PROVIDED THESE DESIGNATIONS IN PARTICULAR TO TO IMPLEMENT THE ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH DESCRIBES HIGHER DENSITY AFFORDABLE HOMES AT THE CENTER WHERE I'M SHOWING THIS DARK RED IT IT CAN BE FLEXIBLY LOCATED, BUT IT NEEDS TO ENCOMPASS WHERE THE HOUSING ELEMENT HAS IDENTIFIED LAND FOR LOW INCOME HOMES. NEXT. AND HERE WE SHOW THE HIGHEST MINIMUM DENSITY.
NEXT. AND A LARGER AREA. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOMMODATING FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT. MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES NEXT. AND SO THERE YOU SEE A MORE A MODERATELY HIGH DENSITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY. NOW ALL THE ENTIRE AREA HAS THE SAME MAXIMUM DENSITY. IT'S JUST THE MINIMUM DENSITIES THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE TAILORING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA IS DEVELOPABLE AND IMPLEMENTS THE HOUSING ELEMENT NEXT. AND THEN THE REMAINING SUB DESIGNATIONS ACCOMMODATE THE WIDE RANGE OF USES AND PROVIDE SOME LOCATIONS AT THE CORNER OF THE AREAS AT THE CORNERS OF THE AREA FOR A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR COMMERCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT USES WHICH MAY NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, MORE PARKING OR LESS STREET WALL BUILD OUT NEXT. WE ALSO PROVIDE THE MOBILITY VISION FOR THE ENTIRE AREA, CONNECTING THE CONTEXT INTO THE STATION. NEXT. AND THEN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE POTENTIAL INTERVENTIONS NEAR THE STATION. SO FOURTH STREET HAS A VERY WIDE CURB TO CURB DIMENSION LIKE MANY OF THE STREETS DOWNTOWN. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REALLY WONDERFUL BICYCLE FACILITIES CONNECTING TO THE STATION AND YOUR CURRENT CYCLE TRACK ON GRAPEFRUIT OUT TO THE WEST AND NEIGHBORHOODS BEYOND, AND NEXT FIFTH STREET, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS NOT A CROSS TOWN CONNECTOR, AND IT'S ALSO HAS A WIDE CURB TO CURB, BUT IT COULD ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF PARKING IF YOU HAVE SOME DIAGONAL PARKING. AND BETWEEN THOSE PARKING SPACES, BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS
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ARE RATHER NARROW, YOU COULD HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG PLANTERS FOR SOME STREET TREES. AND THAT.BACK TO RUSS. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU ANDREW. SO CHAPTER FOUR, THE FOURTH AND FINAL CHAPTER SPEAKS TO HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THESE GREAT THINGS, HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN. AND OF COURSE THAT'S CONTINGENT UPON MANY FACTORS, NOT LEAST OF WHICH BEING FUNDING AND STAFFING. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A PHASING PLAN THAT CATEGORIZES ACTIONS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION IN TERMS OF THE TIME FRAMES WITHIN WHICH WE THINK THOSE ACTIONS SHOULD OCCUR. NEAR-TERM ACTIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY THOSE THAT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE FIRST 1 TO 3 YEARS FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE PLAN. INTERMEDIATE TERM ACTIONS WOULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 YEARS OUT, AND THEN LONG TERM ACTIONS MAYBE 6 TO 10 YEARS OUT. OF COURSE, THE FURTHER OUT YOU GET, THE MORE SPECULATIVE THESE THESE TIME FRAMES ARE. BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT TO DO AND, AND WHEN TO DO IT. AND SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO THE LAST SLIDE IN OUR SECTION HERE ON THE POLICY AND ACTION FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS WHICH IS PART OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. AND THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED, TOPICS THAT HAVE ARISEN IN THE COURSE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY LEADERSHIP AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. CONNECTIVITY. HOW DO WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT HERE THAT IS EASILY NAVIGATED BY AND VIA ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION? WITH RESPECT TO HOUSING, HOW TO HOW DO WE WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT, HOW DO WE MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY'S RHNA OBLIGATION AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR GRANTORS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR US TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REAP 2.0 GRANT PROGRAM? HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE AND SUSTAIN COMMERCE AND GROW THE JOBS BASE IN THESE AREAS? HOW DO WE RENDER THESE AREAS SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT AND ABLE TO DEAL WITH STRESSES ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL? HOW DO WE PROMOTE FURTHER PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF COACHELLA AS THE AS THESE AREAS DEVELOP, AND HOW DO WE ENSURE EFFECTIVE RAIL OPERATIONS? SO THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET THAT SPEAKS TO POLICY AND ACTION RELATED TO HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE WITHIN THIS AREA. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION ON THE STATION AREA PLAN. BACK TO YOU, MARIE. SURE. THANK YOU. SO THIS WAS THIS PLANNING EFFORTS VERY INVOLVED. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, GOOD OVERVIEW, BUT THERE'S A LOT IN THAT STATION AREA PLAN. HOPE EVERYONE YOU KNOW CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ELEMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER BEATON, IS THAT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION OR THERE'S ANOTHER PORTION. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE PART, BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED SO FAR. WE'RE WE'RE GOOD OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. JUST ONE ONE MORE NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO TO DAVID AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH KENDRA REIF ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THE STATION AREA PLAN. AND, YOU KNOW, CAN IT EVENTUALLY BE PART OF OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN? YOU KNOW, THAT GOES A LITTLE BIT BEYOND OUR SCOPE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THE CITY EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEPS ON HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKE THIS MORE FORMALIZED AND HAVE IT BECOME PART OF THE NEXT PART OF THE CITY'S ONGOING PLANNING EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST A NICE STUDY, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY MOVING FORWARD. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE STATION AREA PLAN IS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT DEPENDS ON RAIL SERVICE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE RAIL SERVICE OWNS AT THIS POINT WITH THE TIMELINE AND THINGS LIKE THINGS THAT IN HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS MORE DIRECT CONTROL OVER CAN HAPPEN SOONER AND THAT CAN WORK, YOU KNOW, IN A PRE AND POST RAIL ENVIRONMENT. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID BERGMAN. EVERYBODY. SO
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AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, LISA WISE, CONSULTANT WAS CONSULTING, WAS BROUGHT INTO THE TEAM TO SUPPORT THE ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY TRANSIT COMING ONTO THE SITE. SO THAT WAS A MORE FOCUSED LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF LAND USES AND DEVELOPMENTS, GIVEN CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS CAN BE ANTICIPATED TO ARRIVE AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS THEY MIGHT ARRIVE REALLY ADJACENT TO THE STATION. THAT PIECE OF WORK WAS PRESENTED EARLIER, AND THERE WAS A SECOND PIECE OF WORK WHICH WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TODAY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BROADER IN CONCEPT, AND THAT WAS TO LOOK AT. HOW TRANSIT COMING INTO DOWNTOWN COACHELLA, INTO PUEBLO VIEJO, CAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN. SO AS PART OF THIS, WE UNDERTOOK A SERIES OF MARKET ANALYZES, ANALYSIS OF THE CONDITIONS IN IN DOWNTOWN COACHELLA, COMPARED IT TO COMPARABLE AND COMPETITIVE LOCATIONS, AND THEN RESULTED IN A SERIES OF POLICIES, GOALS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS. SO THINKING ABOUT THE MARKET AREA, WE WANTED TO CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCES OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA VERSUS THE COACHELLA VALLEY AS A WHOLE. ONE THING THAT REALLY STANDS OUT IS HOW YOUNG THE POPULATION OF COACHELLA IS, PARTICULARLY COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE VALLEY, THAT 40% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY HAVE CHILDREN UNDER 18, WHICH IS NEARLY DOUBLE THE RATE IN THE VALLEY AS A WHOLE. SO THAT IS A POINT OF DIFFERENTIATION, AND POINTS OF DIFFERENTIATION CAN USUALLY BE TURNED INTO MARKET ADVANTAGES. IT'S PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC LATINO COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY IS HISPANIC OR LATINO. HOWEVER, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY SO IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, ALMOST ENTIRELY, WITH 97% OF THE POPULATION REPORTING HISPANIC OR LATINO CULTURAL BACKGROUND. IT HAS A LOWER MEDIAN INCOME THAN THE VALLEY AS A WHOLE. ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT INSUBSTANTIAL, IT'S ABOUT $68,000. SO IT'S A IT'S ABOUT. 15, 20% LESS THAN THE COACHELLA VALLEY MEDIAN AS A WHOLE. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT IS THE DOWNTOWN AS A CENTER FOR RETAIL SALES. AND SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT COACHELLA RESIDENTS, WHAT THEIR RETAIL SPENDING IS, AND THEN WHERE ARE THEY DOING THAT SPENDING. AND IT TURNS OUT COACHELLA DOES LEAK A FAIR AMOUNT OF ITS RETAIL SALES TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. IT'S FAILING TO CAPTURE OR NOT ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY CAPTURE ABOUT $13,000 PER RESIDENT, COMPARED TO THE VALLEY AS A WHOLE. SO THESE ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE LOCAL SPENDING AND SOME OF IT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN. THE LARGEST AREAS WITH GAPS, WITH LARGEST SECTORS WITH GAPS ARE RESTAURANTS, FOOD SERVICE AND DRINKING PLACES, GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES AND THEN MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS AND DEALERS. NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS. THOSE ARE MAYBE NOT GOING TO BE THE BEST FIT IN A DOWNTOWN CONTEXT, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS AND WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WITH FOCUS GROUPS AND TALKING WITH COACHELLA RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, WHERE DO THEY SHOP IF THEY'RE NOT SHOPPING IN COACHELLA? AND FREQUENTLY, INDIO AND LA QUINTA CAME UP AS THE MOST COMMON COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR AND THAT THEY'RE ALL THREE OF THE DOWNTOWNS ARE FOCUSED ON SERVICE PROVIDING SERVICE SECTOR ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A DOWNTOWN. HOWEVER, DOWNTOWN COACHELLA IS A LITTLE BIT FUNNY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, THE RAIL TRACKS JUST ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE DOWNTOWN AND THEN OF COURSE, AGRICULTURAL FIELDS, WORKING AGRICULTURAL FIELDS RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOWNTOWN. SO THAT CREATES A DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE WHERE THERE'S A HIGHER SHARE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTRACTION RELATED MANUFACTURING TYPE ACTIVITIES IN DOWNTOWN COACHELLA, LA[00:35:06]
QUINTA WAS FREQUENTLY CITED AS SORT OF THE ONE STOP SHOP THAT WAS AN IDEAL DOWNTOWN FOR COACHELLA RESIDENTS. NOT SO MUCH THE STRIP COMMERCIAL, SAY, ALONG 111, BUT WHEN THEY WANTED TO GO TO A DOWNTOWN DESTINATION, LA QUINTA WAS THE FAVORED MODEL. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE LOOKED AT THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMPARABLE ENVIRONMENT. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE KEY FACTORS OF THE SUCCESSFUL ONES, WHICH IS THAT THERE'S A MIX OF RETAIL AND EMPLOYMENT USES THAT EVERYDAY NEEDS CAN BE SERVED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IN INDIA AND LA QUINTA IS THAT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT WAS A CIVIC PRIORITY. FUNDING WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND DIFFERENT INCENTIVES WERE PUT IN PLACE, ALONG WITH SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY COACHELLA DOES A VERY GOOD JOB WITH, WHICH IS ACTIVATING THE DOWNTOWN WITH LOTS OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.SO WHAT WERE THE KEY MARKET GAPS THAT WE FOUND? WE CAN READ THE LIST, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE IT REALLY IS DAILY USES THINGS THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS FAMILY NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR EDUCATION THAT WHICH CAN BE BUILT WITH ADULT EDUCATION ALSO CAN SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT CATALYST FOR ACTIVITIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AND THEN AGAIN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF COACHELLA'S DISTINCTIVE CULTURE AND REPRESENTING THAT IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. SO THOSE ARE THE THE MAIN GAPS THAT WE'RE WE HAD IDENTIFIED IN IN THE DOWNTOWN'S CURRENT OFFERINGS. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I THINK THAT WAS I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE AND THEN AND THEN IN THE PLAN ITSELF, WHICH I WOULD REFER YOU ALL TO, THERE'S A SERIES OF ACTION STEPS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THESE, THESE GAPS IN THE MARKET. THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, I'LL GO ON REAL QUICKLY TO THE NEXT STEPS AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION TO FINISH UP THIS ITEM. SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE REALLY ARE AT THE TAIL END OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH BEGAN IN LATE 2024. SO WE'RE WORKING ON WRAPPING UP, YOU KNOW, THIS STATION AREA PLAN, WE'RE PROVIDING SOME COST ESTIMATES FOR THE STATION CAPITAL AND OPERATING, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. OUR LAST MAJOR DELIVERABLE IS THE PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, THE STATION ITSELF. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING COACHELLA'S WAY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO AS WE WRAP THIS UP, WE DO INTEND TO COME BACK TO THE BROADER CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY MARCH, THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH, MARCH 11TH. SO WE I'LL BE THERE IN PERSON. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE WHERE WE CAN GIVE, YOU KNOW, THIS GENERAL OVERVIEW AND TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO TRANSITION INTO THE BROADER TV RAIL EFFORT. SO WE DO INTEND TO TO WRAP THIS UP BY APPROXIMATELY THE END OF MARCH. SO AGAIN, THAT TIMING WORKS REALLY WELL WITH WHAT'S COMING OUT OF RCTC RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY'RE PICKING UP THIS NEXT PHASE. THERE'S A LOT OF STEAM BEHIND IT, NO PUN INTENDED, TO CONTINUE THE CONTINUE THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS OVERALL RAIL CORRIDOR. AND ONE OF THE FIRST, ONE OF THE FIRST PARTS OF THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE A STATION LOCATION STUDY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE THE STATION LOCATIONS TO FEED INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL, THE CEQA, NEPA PROCESSES. IT'S A LONG PROCESS.
THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES DO TAKE QUITE A WHILE. THEY DO INCLUDE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO WE FULLY INTEND, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THOSE FOLKS, HOPEFULLY US INCLUDED, WILL BE BACK OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD. THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE GOT MOST FROM THE COMMUNITY IS, WELL, WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING? WHAT CAN WE TELL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MIGHT MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE RAIL SERVICE. SO WE HOPE AS WE GET CLOSER AND CONTINUE ON ON THIS PATH THAT THAT THOSE TIMELINES WILL START TO BECOME CLEARER IN ADVANCE OF THESE. YOU KNOW, THE RAIL
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SERVICE ITSELF, THERE'S A LOT THAT COACHELLA CAN DO TO KEEP PREPARING FOR THE RAIL SERVICE, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE OTHER THINGS THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH OR WITHOUT RAIL SERVICE. AND THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY THE INTENT BY DESIGN, HOW WE KIND OF PUT THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN TOGETHER, UNDERSTANDING THE UNCERTAINTIES INVOLVED, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE WAY THINGS ARE DESIGNED, THE WAY THINGS ARE LAID OUT, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE TIMING THAT THINGS CAN COME ONLINE, BUT ALSO HOW THINGS CAN BE MIXED AND MATCHED DEPENDING ON MARKET CONDITIONS AND FUNDING. AND OF COURSE, THE THE RAIL SERVICE TIMELINE. SO WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BROAD TOOLKIT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, THE PLANNING SIDE AND THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE. AND THAT'S I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR. PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING. HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.AND THANK YOU, RUSS, ANDREW AND AND DAVID FOR THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THIS PROCESS AND THE COMMITMENT AND MANY HOURS THAT YOU HAVE ALL INVESTED, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE STUDY ITSELF OR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I KNOW YOU COMMITTED A GREAT DEAL IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART, JUST FROM THE THE LIST OF OF EVENTS AND LOCATIONS. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT IN IN GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER BEATON, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO TO TALK ABOUT THE WRAP UP AND THE NEXT STEPS, THE I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN WE INITIATED THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND I APOLOGIZE IF I IF YOU ALREADY MENTIONED IT OR IF IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT THE STUDY ITSELF, ALL OF THIS INITIATED THROUGH A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. RIGHT? OKAY. AND SO OH SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO, NO YOU'RE CORRECT. THIS WAS A A STATE GRANT REGIONAL EARLY ACTION PLANNING THAT WAS ADMINISTERED THROUGH SCAG. AND CTC HELPING TO ADMINISTER. BUT BUT YES THAT'S CORRECT. PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND SO NOW I LIKE THE CONCEPT AND I APPRECIATE THE VISUAL LIKE THE THE VIDEO YOU SHOWED AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THE WALKTHROUGH.
THAT'S AMAZING. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD SOMEONE PRESENT A CONCEPT LIKE THAT WITH THE VISUAL BECAUSE I, I'M A VISUAL LEARNER. I NEED TO SEE THINGS. I IF YOU JUST TELL THEM TO ME, I WON'T BE ABLE TO. AND THAT WAS AMAZING THAT THAT PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMUNITY DID SUCH A GOOD JOB AT ASKING FOR COLOR AND FOR ART, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE COACHELLA VIBRANT AND A VIBRANT COMMUNITY. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING THAT THEY THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT, AND I SEE THE NEXT STEPS ON HERE. BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE, SO NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME AND PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL IN MARCH, ARE WE NOW IS IS OUR GOAL NOW AS A CITY GOING TO BE TO FIND FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT NOW ALL OF THIS DESIGN AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED.
YES. YES. OKAY. PERFECT. WELL, I THINK IT'S GREAT. THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE. IT'S IT'S A REALLY NICE PROJECT. I THINK IT'S IT HAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
I MEAN, EVERY PIECE, EVERYTHING YOU GUYS PRESENTED, IT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THE CITY OF COACHELLA ON ON A DIFFERENT MAP, I FEEL. BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS YOU STATED, I THINK IT WAS DAVID WHO MENTIONED THAT IT WAS A VERY YOUNG CITY COMMUNITY, VERY YOUNG. SO I'M EXCITED. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. VERY THOROUGH.
YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. AND WE'D LOVE, YOU KNOW, I'D APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU. ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR OR QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE ON ON MARCH 11TH? THAT WILL HELP ME BE PREPARED. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU THINK WILL DEFINITELY SHOW THE WALK THROUGH, BUT YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER TOPICS OR, OR HOT BUTTON ISSUES AND WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW ABOUT THEM. THANK YOU. HAVE YOU GONE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FOR THE INITIAL DESIGN OF THE STATION, BUT NOT FOR THIS PORTION. OKAY. THANK
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YOU. SORRY. OKAY. SORRY. MY QUESTION WAS IF YOU HAD GONE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE TYPICALLY THEY ALSO OFFER REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO POINT OUT TOO, IS THAT THE ADDITIONAL PHASE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING FUNDING THAT IT ALIGNS WITH WHERE THE RAIL IS AT, WHEN WITH OUR CTC AND WHERE IT IS AT AT SCAG. AND SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT MORE PIECES TO THIS. I, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING BOTH ON THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE SKAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. SO I'M ABLE TO SEE THIS PROCESS COME IN THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT STAGES AND LEVELS. SO I'M I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WHAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE ON AND MOVE THIS FORWARD. SO SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 11TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? NOPE. NO COMMENTS FROM ME. IS THERE DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OH, NO. ANY OF THE OTHER TEAM, ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?